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Tag Archives: assetleases
Can Do, the Campbell Newman biography by Gavin King
Former Cairns MP Gavin King’s just published Campbell Newman biography Can Do (which includes two quotes from me on p. 220 and 267) makes an important contribution to the economic reform debate in Australia. After telling the story of Campbell … Continue reading
Posted in Queensland Government
Tagged assetleases, campbellnewman, economicreform, privatisation, qld, queensland, strongchoices
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Has Queensland kicked the can down the road? – guest post from Keiran Travers
The still undecided Queensland election has given many of us reason to think about the future of our State, and I’m delighted to publish a guest post from Keiran Travers, a Brisbane-based infrastructure expert, who wonders whether Queensland has kicked … Continue reading
Strong Choices was never persuasive – similarities with Fightback
After yesterday’s extraordinary swing against the Queensland Government, which will likely deliver the Opposition to power, it’s now clear that the Government’s privatisation plan was too ambitious and, as Sir Humphrey would have said, courageous. Strong Choices will join John … Continue reading
Posted in Budget
Tagged assetleases, privatisation, qld, qldelection, queensland, strongchoices
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Media commentary on Qld Government election costings
I spoke with Steve Austin on 612 ABC Brisbane yesterday morning regarding the Queensland Government’s election costings, after Steve first spoke with Treasurer Tim Nicholls (3 days until the election – Treasurer Tim Nicholls). The main point I made was … Continue reading
Power prices would be lower than otherwise, but may not fall, under privatisation
I’m pleased to see some analysis finally published on the potential benefits of the privatisation of electricity businesses from a Queensland perspective: Network Pricing Trends in Queensland prepared by EY. The Courier-Mail has covered this report with the headline, on … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Queensland Government
Tagged assetleases, electricity, privatisation, qld, queensland
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Economic Policy Issues in the 2015 Qld Election – Griffith-ESA Qld event on 28 January
I’m looking forward to participating in an upcoming panel discussion on Economic Policy Issues in the 2015 Queensland Election, to be held on Wednesday, 28 January at 6.30pm at Griffith University’s Southbank campus. I’m certain Professors Fabrizio Carmignani and Tony … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy, Queensland Government
Tagged assetleases, epap, esaqld, griffithuni, qld, qldelection, qldpol, queensland, strongchoices
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Better off allocating all lease proceeds to debt reduction
John Quiggin’s interesting new paper on the budgetary impact of asset leases, reported in the Brisbane Times today (Strong Choices will have ‘adverse impact’), correctly points out the adverse budgetary impact of the Queensland Government allocating around one-third of asset … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Infrastructure, Queensland Government
Tagged assetleases, budget, efficiency, productivity, qld, queensland, strongchoices
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Good set of policy principles (mostly) from new Queensland think tank AiP
New Queensland think tank the Australian Institute for Progress (AiP) has released a set of high-level policies for the Queensland election, which are mostly consistent with sound public finance and the promotion of free markets (see Our priorities for Queensland … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Industry policy
Tagged aip, assetleases, budget, fourpillars, privatisation, qld, qldeconomy, qldelection, queensland
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Earlier election better for the Queensland economy
It’s good news for the Queensland economy that the Premier is expected to announce a late January or early February election today. The CCIQ September quarter Pulse Survey report notes that uncertainty around the upcoming election has affected business expectations, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Macroeconomy
Tagged assetleases, cciq, privatisation, qld, qldeconomy, qldelection, queensland, strongchoices
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Any Strong Choices jobs boost will come too late to do anything about current weakness
While there is more than the usual uncertainty about the reliability of recent jobs data from the ABS, yesterday’s awful data for Queensland, with unemployment now at 7% seasonally adjusted, can be read as confirming the economy is pretty weak … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged abs, assetleases, australia, labourforce, queensland, strongchoices, unemployment, unemploymentrate
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Queensland Economy Watch 